Torchship

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
  2. 2
    A spacecraft whose propulsion system has both very high thrust and very high specific impulse.

Etymology

Compound of torch (“a torch drive”) + ship.

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